Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Telecoms and Chemicals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 0.46%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which rose 6.82% or 2.53 points to trade at 39.63 at the close. CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR) added 3.61% or 1.49 points to end at 42.79 and OrangePL (WA:OPL) was up 3.02% or 0.16 points to 5.46 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP), which lost 2.44% or 0.14 points to trade at 5.60 in late trade. mBank (WA:MBK) declined 1.29% or 5.00 points to end at 383.00 and Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) shed 0.64% or 0.42 points to 64.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 272 to 269 and 173 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 2.94% or 1.27 to $44.43 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 2.93% or 1.33 to hit $46.78 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.38% or 5.05 to trade at $1322.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.29% to 4.3704, while USD/PLN rose 0.66% to 3.9186.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.29% at 95.94.